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Two climbers fall to deaths at El Capitan


This undated photo is of Jason Wells, left, and Tim Klein, who both died last weekend while scaling El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Submitted photoTwo experienced rock climbers plunged 1,000 feet to their deaths last week at Yosemite National Park in an accident that remains under investigation.
The two climbers fell from El Capitan at around 8:15 a.m. last Saturday, according to the National Park Service.
Jason Wells, 46, of Boulder, Colo., and Tim Klein, 42, of Palmdale, were killed whil...

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